LETTER: It's time to stop abortion in U.S.

This year I hope people will watch for the pro-life demonstrations that will be happening in many places in the U.S., particularly in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 25.

And I hope the various news media will cover this extremely important event. I hope people will see abortion for what it is -- the killing of innocent people.

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I hope women will recognize that they do have a right to their own bodies, they just don't have the rights over another body, the one that grows in their womb.

Since 1973, the beginning of Roe v. Wade, the March for Life in Washington has grown from a handful to half-a-million people and that's just the ones who show up. That doesn't include the millions who stay home and pray for an end to abortion, or attend similar demonstrations closer to home or those who simply silently agree that being pro-life makes a lot more sense than being pro-death.

At the same time, more and more people are walking out of the darkness of abortion, our nation's lawmakers, especially the current administration in Washington are instituting slicker laws to ensure that abortion becomes easier and more affordable.

More affordable meaning the taxpayer is made to be a part of the murder/suicide.

It's probably safe to say that of the 53 million people aborted in American since 1973, all 53 million would, with what they know now, if they could, vote pro-life, thus probably ending legalized abortion.

And that means our country would look a lot different. Probably we'd all be happier, feel safer, have more respect for life and so each other.

Probably we could be proud of ourselves for being responsible for our own actions and probably we could look at a future full of hope and prosperity.

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